AKRON, Ohio (AP) – Health officials say a Texas nurse visited a northeast Ohio bridal store days before being diagnosed with Ebola, and they’re asking other people who were there to come forward.
The search has also been widened for passengers who may have flown with Amber Vinson from Dallas to Cleveland and back over the weekend. Vinson visited family in the Akron area.
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Officials want anyone who visited Coming Attractions bridal shop in Akron between noon and 3:30 p.m. last Saturday to call Summit County Public Health.
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A health official says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding its Ebola investigation to include passengers on a Friday flight from Dallas to Cleveland that carried a nurse later diagnosed with the disease.
They are also investigating whether Vinson had symptoms as far back as Saturday. Dr. Chris Braden of the CDC says they can’t rule out that she may “have had the start of her illness on Friday.”
Health officials initially said she didn’t show symptoms in Ohio but now say they can’t rule out the possibility that her illness began Friday or Saturday. People infected with Ebola aren’t considered contagious until they have symptoms.